Texas prisons are unbearably hot. I live in one.

The Texas Prison Air-Conditioning Advocates set up this mock cell in South Austin the week of April 19, 2021, and invited lawmakers and the public to experience what it feels like to experience the heat behind bars.

Last month, a woman died. What I know was only what guards told me after I saw the reflection of the ambulance lights, she complained of chest pains. Guards at Lane Murray Unit, a prison in Texas where I am also incarcerated, took her to medical twice and each time returned her to her bunk in the general population dorm. When the guards came to take her a third time, they found her dead.

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